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Severe auricular edema and inflammation. Courtesy of the University of Washington, Division of Dermatology.

Forward listing ear. Courtesy of the University of Washington, Division of Dermatology.

Floppy ear. Courtesy of the University of Washington, Division of Dermatology.

Bilateral inflammation and structural collapse of the auricles in a patient found to have aortic dissection. Courtesy of the University of Washington, Division of Dermatology.

Same patient as in Image 5 after 4-6 weeks of steroid treatment. Note resolution of auricular inflammation with nodularity and forward listing of the ears. Courtesy of the University of Washington, Division of Dermatology.

Close-up view of same patient as in Image 6. Forward flopping of ear with nodularity after steroid treatment. Courtesy of the University of Washington, Division of Dermatology.

Unilateral episcleritis. Courtesy of Gregory J. Raugi, MD, PhD.

Saddle-nose deformity. Courtesy of the University of Washington, Division of Dermatology.

Herbert S Diamond, MD Visiting Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center; Chairman Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine, Western Pennsylvania Hospital